THE AVHEAT CULTURIST. 



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The Diehl Yariety. 



The illustration on this page is an exact representa- 

 tion of the far-famed Diehl Wheat, which is familiar 

 to almost every wheat-grower in the North- 

 ern and Western States. I know of no 

 other variety of wheat, either spring grain 

 or winter, that has been cultivated with 

 more universal satisfaction than this wheat. 

 It is a winter variety. This variety seems 

 to come up as fully to the requirements of 

 wheat-growers as it is practicable to have 

 wheat. The grain is white and the crop 

 ripens early in the season. It is hardy, 

 prolific, and the plants endure the rigors 

 of our northern winters quite as well as 

 any other known variety. The ears are 

 bald, or awnless, the kernels set very 

 securely to the rachis, the chaff is close to 

 the kernels, so that this variety may be 

 truthfully denominated a "fly -proof" 

 wheat. The grain does not shell out, 

 when the crop is being harvested, as easily 

 as the kernels of some other varieties. 

 The straw is stiff ; and thus far this vari- 

 ety has been exempt from injury by the 

 rust. 



" Colman's Kural World," published at 

 Chicago, in a recent number, has the fol- 

 lowing remarks touching the Diehl wheat 

 " This is the second year since the introduction of the 

 Diehl wheat into this country. Its yield last year was 

 considered above the average of other kinds of wheat 



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Fig. 25. 

 The Diehl wheat. 



